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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎308v] (621/818)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (405 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1919-21 Jan 1924. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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at Teheran another, but neither of them aeem^adequate
to remove the grievance* The high Oommiasioner for
instance leaves out of account the question of the exchange
of traffic between Iraq on one side and Mohammerah and Abadan
on the other and only deals with that which the latter
offices exchange with countries other than Iraq while the
loss to Persia is probably much larger in the former case
than in the latter. * The reason for the Minister’s proposal
to replace Mesopotamian by Indo-European signallers I am
frankly unable to grasp the meaning of. The deflection
of through traffic from the cable to the land route between
Bushire and Mohammerah will enhance the rate by half a franc
i.e., the difference between the h’ersian terminal rate of
60 centimes and the existing Iraq terminal rate of 10 centimes
and Sir hercy Cox’s telegram of the 14th Uecembetr (No.791)
proposed such an enhancement by the cable route in order to
equalize the rate by both routes but how the exchange of
signallers would in any way cheapen the "throu^i rates between
India and those two offices” I am at a loss to understand.
I would suggest.the handing over of both Iraq offices
to Persia. It seemsprobable that there will be so loud a
protest from the public that F however reluctant Persia , may be
to have dealingSwith the Arab government of Iraq it will be
forced upon her by public opinion. I would suggest that when
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this occurs the telegraph authorities of the two gDvernments
should meet-and mutually arrange^a tariff for the limitrophic
exchange of telegraph traffic between their respective countries.,
As regards the figures in the Hi^i Commissioner s
inclu<
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telegram, 1 put up a note by Mr.Slocornbe on the subject from
which it will be seen that the share of the Indo-European Telegraph
Department of the Persian terminal rate for messages emanating^
and received at offices on the Arabistan telegraph line
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The volume comprises one part discussing the administration of the Persian telegraph lines.

The volume contains correspondence, minutes, notes, and telegrams regarding the restoration of the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of Post and Telegraphs for the reorganization of the Arabistan Telegraph Lines.

The volume also includes documents on the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Government, correspondence on the Persian control over the telegraph line between Meshed [Mashhad, Iran] and Seistan [Sistan region, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan], and on the administration of the offices in Abadan and Mohammerah to be transferred to Persia.

The principal correspondents are the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited, the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Colonial Office, the Indo-European Telegraph Department, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , His Majesty's Minister in Tehran, the British Legation in Tehran, and the High Commissioner for Iraq.

The volume contains two copies of the 'Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System' (folios 199 and 312), and 'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mekran', 1916 (folios 200-217).

The final part of the volume contains telegrams mentioning incidents caused by 'Afghan raiders' to the Seistan-Meshed telegraph line, near to the borders with Afghanistan, in 1923.

The volume comprises part 2. This includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

There is a document partly written in French within the volume, minutes of a meeting held at the British Legation in Gulhek [Tehran].

Extent and format
1 volume (405 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 80 consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/325-327. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first two volumes, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 407; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and French in Latin script
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